Seattle’s University Village shopping center is turning into an auto row of sorts for electric vehicle makers. Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, SUVs and delivery vans for Amazon, is… Read More
In its neverending quest to remove every possible barrier from the shopping experience, Amazon has started testing a new mobile app configuration that moves the search box to the bottom… Read More
Seattle startup Veeve is expanding its checkout-free, smart shopping-cart technology from grocery stores to big-box retailers with a new attachment that effectively turns regular shopping carts into smart carts. Veeve… Read More
Amazon Go is going where customers live, not just where they work. The high-tech convenience store model that Amazon first introduced in January 2018 is headed to the suburbs with… Read More
A shopping plaza south of Seattle in Federal Way, Wash., has a Fresh look, as Amazon is getting set to open another physical grocery store. GeekWire spotted signage on the… Read More
Amazon is often described as innovative, creative, experimental and ruthless. It’s also very, very big — and getting bigger. With a market value of $1.6 trillion — nearly the equivalent… Read More
Walk through Seattle’s trend-setting University Village shopping center near the University of Washington, and you’ll see Apple, Crate & Barrel, Allbirds and other top retail brands still booming. But drive… Read More
Amazon Go is going full grocery. Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines, Amazon is opening its first “Amazon Go Grocery” store in… Read More
NEW YORK CITY — I spent a little time across the country earlier this month in New York City and had a chance to check out how some of Seattle’s… Read More
Rather than spend time searching or competing against other drivers for the best parking spots at the mall, shoppers pressed for time in the waning days of the holiday shopping… Read More
Amazon plans to hire 200,000 seasonal workers this year, twice as many as last year, suggesting that it expects a strong holiday shopping season. Much of the hiring will take… Read More
Amazon Dash, an IoT attempt by the tech giant to help customers quickly restock household items, is officially going bye-bye. Review: We’ll never run out of Play-Doh again: Trying the… Read More
Amazon is taking another shot at a QVC-style show for the internet era. TechCrunch first reported on the service this morning, dubbed Amazon Live, confirming that it is “newly added.”… Read More
Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a year, since opening its first location to the public in Seattle on Jan. 22. Tuesday the… Read More
Update: Adobe reported a record $7.9 billion spent on Cyber Monday, with $2.2 billion coming from smartphones. “Buy Online Pick Up In Store” saw a 65 percent spike year-over-year, as… Read More
Online sales rose 23.6 percent to $6.22 billion on Black Friday in the U.S., according to new industry stats released this morning by Adobe Analytics. The total was second only… Read More
Looking for someone to mount that TV you just picked up on eBay? Seattle-based home services company Porch is teaming with the online marketplace as part of a new initiative… Read More
Forty or so years after I did the same thing with a Sears holiday catalog, and about a month after that iconic retailer filed for bankruptcy, my own children —… Read More
Do you ever get that feeling when you walk into a beautiful home, and wish you had the magic touch that inspired the design? The kitchen tile is perfect. The… Read More
Food samples, loyalty programs, magazine subscriptions and, of course, Girl Scout cookies are among the items typically featured at promotional tables inside grocery stores. But at the entrance to a… Read More
Amazon’s new Prime discount program will be available at all Whole Foods locations across the U.S. this week. Prime members who pay $119 per year can receive 10 percent discounts on… Read More
Amazon’s try-before-you-buy clothing service is now available to anyone. Prime Wardrobe was previously offered to Amazon Prime customers in the U.S. on an invite-only basis. The service lets online shoppers… Read More
YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! Everybody gets an Echooooo! Well, not quite. But, OPRAH! Step aside, Alexa. Amazon announced that a celebrity voice… Read More
From outdated party decorations to that iTunes single you didn’t really mean to buy, Amazon has been behind every unintentional, one-click purchase on the internet. Until now. READ THE PATENT:… Read More
Would you buy a couch because your favorite YouTube star recommended it? Amazon is betting your answer is yes. The Seattle tech giant is co-producing a new home improvement series… Read More
Amazon launched a new feature today that allows Prime members to post stories to a feed, similar to those popular social networks. Called “Amazon Spark,” it’s a photo-focused feed with… Read More
Amazon is beating out Google and other search engines as the first stop when people online shop. That’s according to a UPS survey of about 5,000 online shoppers conducted in… Read More
“Style Code Live,” Amazon’s experiment with a QVC-style show for the internet era, has been canceled. The news was first reported by Page Six after an anonymous source close to… Read More
Another day, another Amazon shopping event. This time, the Seattle e-commerce titan is offering 50 percent off of a slew of digital products for 24 hours. The sale goes live… Read More
Fred Meyer will open a new drive-up grocery location this Wednesday at its store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood — expanding its “ClickList” service into Amazon’s hometown for the first time, just as the… Read More